Am J Transplant, Volume 20, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 24 of 223 - ATC Abstracts

2020 American Transplant Congress
Taking it to the Max: Extremely Low LDL May Provide Benefit for Prevention of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
R. Lee¹, E. J. Henricksen¹, Y. Moayedi², K. Y. Feng³, J. Han³, W. Yang⁴, R. Imai¹, J. J. Teuteberg⁴, K. K. Khush⁴
¹Pharmacy, Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA, ²University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁴Cardiac Transplant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
*Purpose: Routine use of statins is the only Class I ISHLT recommendation in heart transplantation (HT) to reduce cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) and improve survival.…
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Criteria for Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplantation: Is it Applicable for Simultaneous Heart -Kidney Transplantation?
J. Yoo, D. Jain, A. Desai, S. Akkina
Department of Medicine, Division of Transplant Nephrology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
*Purpose: Simultaneous heart-kidney transplantation (SHK) proved its survival benefits in dialysis patients. However, criteria to allocate a kidney for SHK is lacking whereas criteria for…
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Increased Post-Operative Ventilation Time in Lung Transplant Recipients with Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction
E. Klipsch¹, R. Rachwan², I. KutKut³, D. Roe², C. Hage², T. Hathaway¹, R. S. Mangus²
¹Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ²IU Health, Indianapolis, IN, ³New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, New York, NY
*Purpose: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been shown to be associated with increased morbidity in bilateral lung transplant recipients with pulmonary artery hypertension. It has…
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Suspected Vape Use in Lung Donor
S. Leonard¹, N. Sinha², S. Manickavel², S. Manickavel²
¹Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, Miami, FL, ²Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, Miami, FL
*Purpose: E-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) is a recently described disease entity prominently reported throughout many sources. Thus far, diagnosis is primarily…
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Early Tacrolimus-LCP Conversion Due to Adverse Effects in Pancreas Transplant Recipients Improves Tolerance But Not Graft Survival
J. L. Descourouez, M. R. Jorgenson, D. C. Felix, J. Wiegel, G. E. Leverson, D. A. Mandelbrot, R. R. Redfield, J. S. Odorico
UW Health, Madison, WI
*Purpose: Tacrolimus-LCP (LCPT) is an extended release formulation of tacrolimus which has been shown to have fewer adverse drug effects (ADE) than immediate release tacrolimus…
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Pattern of Renal Allograft Injury in Recipients with Normal Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA
W. Xie, N. Goussous, A. Haririan, M. Weir, J. Bromberg
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a novel non-invasive test currently used as a biomarker for identification of transplant rejection or injury. Here, we sought…
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In Vivo Phosphorylation of C-MET by ANG-3777, A Hepatocyte Growth Factor Mimetic
L. Paka, I. D. Goldberg
Angion Biomedica, Uniondale, NY
*Purpose: : The biological effects of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF) and its mimetics are mediated by a signal cascade initiated by binding of HGF…
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Novel Technique to Analyze Blood-Endothelial Cell Interactions Under Flow Conditions
M. R. Connolly¹, K. Petitpas¹, L. Burdorf¹, B. Cerel¹, C. Laird², D. Harris², A. Azimzadeh¹, R. N. Pierson III¹
¹Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: The Bioflux system has been used to study platelet-driven thrombosis and leukocyte adhesion. Typically, whole blood is stained with calcein (green) to evaluate platelet…
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Dose Reduction of Anti-Thymocyte Globulin for Kidney Transplant Induction: Possible Cost Savings?
M. Chaung, E. Hollinger, M. Brokhof, N. Alvey, L. Lineberger, N. Kenyon
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Based on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) annual report, there has been an increase in the number of adults ages 65-74 waiting…
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Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Trait
G. Katz-Greenberg, F. Hailemariam, P. Singh, A. Yadav
Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
*Purpose: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive hematological disorder caused by point mutation (substitution of valine for glutamine). There are about 100,000 patients…